Vocabulary

• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• go on: To continue doing something
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• sculpture: Work of art made by cutting stone, wood, clay etc.
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• display: (Animals) to indicate readiness for sex
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• slavery: State or condition of being a slave
• equality: Idea that all people have the same rights
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
• store: To put things in a place for later use
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• racial: Of or relating to race
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• death: When someone dies; the end of life
• artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
• installation: Process of setting up equipment to use
• wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
• harbour: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• protester: Someone publicly showing their opposition to
• reed: Person's name
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject